Delhi's SHAME! Student Gang-Raped in Moving Bus

The rape capital of India?A medical student was gang-raped by 5 men in a moving bus last night in Delhi.

The rape capital of India?In another shocking case showcasing how unsafe Delhi is for women, a medical student was gang-raped by 5 men in a moving bus last night. Her male friend, who tried to protect her, was beaten up mercilessly and thrown out of the bus, along with the victim.

The 23 year old girl is a student of medicine at the Delhi University. After watching a movie with her friend, who is working in a software firm, they boarded a whiteline private bus from Munirka in South Delhi around 11 p.m.About 10 minutes later, a few people on the bus began harassing her and when her friend objected they allegedly beat him up. "They took out a rod and beat him badly and then dragged her to the bus cabin where they raped her," the uncle of the male friend told NDTV.

The rapists ripped off her clothes and threw them off the bus near the Mahipalpur flyover in South Delhi. After raping her, they then threw the semi-naked girl and her friend out of the bus. The girl is admitted to Safdarjung Hospital and her condition is stated to be critical, a friend of the victim said.

The police said it was not clear yet whether the rapists were passengers or bus staff. A FIR has been lodged and the police are checking two buses. They are also creating sketches of the accused based on description provided by the male friend along with monitoring CCTV footage in the area.

The south Delhi area, where this shameful incident took place, is considered one of the poshest in Delhi. A sparkling sprawled out mall that houses the likes of Gucci and Armani shops is just 2 kms away.For all the developments that Delhi boasts of, the flyovers, the malls, the wide roads, the marvel that is called the Delhi Metro, shocking incidents like these just send this city back in the dark ages. We are, in no way saying that rapes and sexual assaults do not happen in other cities of India. Just few weeks ago, we reported a case of sexual molestation in Bangalore. But what is distressing is the alarming frequency of such incidents in India's capital. There are just too many too fast, so much so that it doesn't even register as news anymore.

A young girl pursuing her studies to become a doctor is lying in the hospital in critical condition. Because some brazen men thought they just might have some fun with her. And then she was disposed of like a use and throw object. Are we wrong in assuming that those rapists thought they could get away with it? That they were being the men they were- aggressive with a free license to taunt, grope, molest or rape a woman because it has become part of the culture? People's mindsets cannot be changed overnight, it is rather true. The police can make the punishments harsher and arrangements safer. But what to do about this culture of rape?How do you change a culture?

Delhi is unsafe for women isn't breaking news. This headline has been on the front page (now relegated to the inside pages) of newspapers for quite some time now. The headline isn't shocking. The fact that those two letters 'un' refuse to go away, is.